India - No Olympic Medals

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To hoist itself out of poverty, India wisely decided to focus on academics, particularly math, science and technology. Give them a few more years to start on athletics.

Yes, they seriously kick our butt when it comes to STEM. I'd rather have a larger, better educated population, than a handful of Olympic medal winners.

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

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First medal won by an Indian woman wrestler!

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

that's fine, but OP's original comment reeks of colonialism.

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

that's fine, but OP's original comment reeks of colonialism.

Wasn't that exactly the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Win some, lose some!

What are the wins.?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
To hoist itself out of poverty, India wisely decided to focus on academics, particularly math, science and technology. Give them a few more years to start on athletics.

Yes, they seriously kick our butt when it comes to STEM. I'd rather have a larger, better educated population, than a handful of Olympic medal winners.

No, they don't kick our butt at anything.

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Anonymous wrote:"In general India is weak in sports that require high levels of physical fitness. This largely reflects caste and class attitudes to physical effort. This is a society in which even middle-class people will have a servant bring them a glass of water from just a few feet away: for centuries, high status has partially derived from lack of physical effort and the abundance of other people to take the strain for you."
http://www.theweek.co.uk/sport/london-2012/48149/why-cant-122-billion-indians-win-more-olympic-medals

huh?

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

that's fine, but OP's original comment reeks of colonialism.

Wasn't that exactly the point?

Besides, the best British athletes came from somewhere else. No one will remember anyone except Mo Farrah.



Go Somolia!

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

that's fine, but OP's original comment reeks of colonialism.

Wasn't that exactly the point?

Besides, the best British athletes came from somewhere else. No one will remember anyone except Mo Farrah.



Go Somolia!

If you're going to do a phony "Go!" post, at least identify the country correctly. It's Somalia.

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Anonymous wrote:what does the decades of british influence have anything to do with it?

I wondered this myself. The only iconic British athletes that come to mind are the guys in Chariots of Fire.

Great Britain is second in the medal count.

that's fine, but OP's original comment reeks of colonialism.

Wasn't that exactly the point?

Besides, the best British athletes came from somewhere else. No one will remember anyone except Mo Farrah.

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Go Somolia!

Same with our distance runners. Like Bernard Lagat and Shadrack Kipchirchir and Paul Chelimo

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it's almost as if their culture places more value on spiritual and intellectual achievement

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Anonymous wrote:They had a gymnast place well.

4th

They're getting there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The second most populous country on the planet has no medals as of 8/17, despite the decades of British influence?

It must hurt to be so phenomenally bad at athletics. I guess the only good thing for them is that Pakistan is equally untalented.

India has a lot of poverty. So does Pakistan. Very few poor countries field good Olympic teams. The exceptions are the African countries which have good runners. (Not a lot of overhead, there, and you can start training without much coaching.)

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Anonymous wrote:it's almost as if their culture places more value on spiritual and intellectual achievement

No, it places more value on cricket.